A kidnap, a murder, and a very tricky situation for a tough female detective…Detective Chief Inspector Gawn Girvin is called back from extended leave when a social media influencer couple goes missing on the Northern Ireland coast. One is the son of the Norwegian ambassador, and Gawn is specially requested to oversee bringing them home.

Powerful figures are demanding results. However, when videos emerge of the woman being tortured, the stakes are raised.

Something tells Gawn it is not just money that the kidnappers want. Meanwhile, a well-known criminal lawyer is executed in Belfast and a fingerprint is uncovered that is linked to events in Gawn’s family’s past.

Gawn will have to quickly tie up the loose threads, and avoid the trap awaiting her. LASTING INFLUENCE is the eighth murder mystery by Northern Ireland’s bestselling fiction talent Linda Hagan.

It can be enjoyed entirely on its own, or alongside the other books. The full list is as follows:1.

THE PERFUME KILLER2. MURDER SKY HIGH3.

A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH4. KILLING THE VIBE5.

THAT MUCH SHE KNEW6. MURDER ON THE TABLE7.

NOTHING BUT SMILES8. LASTING INFLUENCEAll these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.

If you enjoy crime fiction with jaw-dropping moments and great twists, and authors like Robert McCracken, T G Reid, and Claire McGowan, you’ll love this book!. .